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legal writing institute

Legal Writing Institute. A nonprofit corporation founded in 1984 to promote the exchange of information and ideas about the teaching of legal writing. • It is composed mainly of legal-writing teachers at American law schools. Like its sister organization, the Association of Legal Writing Directors, it seeks to improve the teaching of legal writing through

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national institute of corrections

National Institute of Corrections. A federal organization (established within the Bureau of Prisons) whose responsibilities include helping federal, state, and local authorities improve correctional programs, conducting research on correctional issues such as crime prevention, and conducting workshops for law-enforcement personnel, social workers, judges, and others involved in treating and rehabilitating offenders. 18 USCA §§ 4351–4353.

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American Law Institute/A.L.I.

American Law Institute/A.L.I. 美国法律学会 于1923年由一些法官、法学教授和卓有盛名的律师创立,其宗旨在于促进法律简洁明确,消除美国各州普通法中的不确定性和复杂多变。美国法律学会的最重要成果是对于某些部门实体法律重述的汇编、整理和出版,这些法律重述在一些司法管辖区被认可作为法律适用,发挥了重大的影响。美国法律协会拟定了《模范刑法典》〔Model Penal Code〕,与统一州法委员联合会〔Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws〕共同拟定了《统一商法典》〔U.C.C.〕。 (→Restatement of the Law)

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institute

institute, n. 1. A legal treatise or commentary, such as Coke’s Institutes in four volumes (published in 1628). 2. (cap. & pl.) An elementary treatise on Roman law in four books. • This treatise is one of the four component parts of the Corpus Juris Civilis. — Also termed Institutes of Justinian; Justinian’s Institutes. See

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